The Rio offers specially priced tickets – £1.50 children and £2.50 accompanying adults – for the Saturday Morning Picture Club and Tuesday afternoon Playcentre Matinees, to help children to enjoy great films at an affordable price.

RIO Saturday
Morning Picture Club

Sponsored by Hackney Gazette
Membership is free. Members have their membership cards stamped on each visit and get free admittance after every 10 visits and a free poster after every 25 visits. Parents, please note: children under the age of five years must be accompanied by an adult throughout the performance. You are welcome to drop off older children at the start of the film and return to pick them up at the end. Doors open at 10.30am and the FILM starts at 11.00am sharp. The length of the films varies - please check the finish times listed below.
Please note: unaccompanied adults will not be admitted.

Sat 8 Aug 11.00am

MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA (PG)

(US 2008) dir. Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath 89m. Digital.
Voices of: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen.

The sequel to the worldwide smash hit sees all the original characters stranded on the African continent. Encountering species of their own for the very first time, how will our New Yorker friends survive out in the wild? Double the fun the second time round, this is Dreamworks' best animation yet!

Approx end 12.35pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

Sat 15 Aug 11.00am

SPEED RACER (PG)

(US 2008) dirs. Andy & Larry Wachowski 135m.
Emile Hirsch, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman.

Young Speed Racer is determined to win the big car racing rally, the race that took the life of his elder brother. But when he turns down the offer to race for Royalton Industries, Speed finds himself fighting for not only the championship but for his family's survival.

Approx end 1.20pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

Sat 22 Aug 11.00am

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN (PG)

(UK/US 2008) dir. Andrew Adamson 144m.
Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell.

Pulled back into Narnia one year on from their first adventure in the magical land, the Pevensie siblings discover that hundreds of years have passed there and the evil King Miraz has taken charge. Can the children defeat the evil villain and help true heir Prince Caspian reclaim his rightful place on the throne?

Approx end 1.30pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

Sat 29 Aug 11.00am

IGOR (PG)

(US/France 2008) dir. Anthony Leondis 87m.
Voices of John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Sean Hayes, Molly Shannon, John Cleese, Eddie Izzard.

In a world where evil counts for more than good, a mad scientist’s assistant aspires to become a famous inventor himself and sets out on a mission to win the annual Evil Science Fair – with the help of an immortal rabbit and a life-support robot. Crazy chaotic animated fun!

Approx end 12.35pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

Sat 5 Sep 11.00am

MEET DAVE (PG)

(US 2008) dir. Brian Robbins 90m.
Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Scott Caan.

Eddie Murphy takes the form of an alien spaceship, sent to Earth with his eye on the Earth’s water supply. However his interactions in the human world means this is not going to be a straightforward ride for him – but delivers huge laughs and entertainment for everyone else!

Approx end 12.35pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

Sat 12 Sep 11.00am

BEDTIME STORIES (PG)

(US 2008) dir. Adam Shankman 99m.
Adam Sandler, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Courtney Cox, Keri Russell.

Adam Sandler is on top funny man form in this smash-hit family comedy. Sandler plays Skeeter, a hotel handyman who specialises in telling wildly imaginative bedtime stories to his young niece and nephew – but his life is changed forever when these magical tales begin to come true. Realising his new found power, Skeeter begins to slant these stories to influence future events, with both hilarious and disastrous consequences! Sandler has never been more hilarious and some really knockout visual effects make this a fun-filled fantasy adventure not to be missed.

Approx end 12.45pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

Sat 19 Sep 11.00am

THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX (U)

(UK/US 2008) dirs. Sam Fell & Robert Stevenhagen 93m.
Voices of: Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson, Tracey Ullman, Kevin Kline, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci.

Based on the award-winning book, this enchanting, dazzlingly beautiful animation follows the adventures of a misfit mouse, an unhappy rat and other members of the animal kingdom as they find their fates intertwined with that of a bumbling servant girl and a whimpering princess.

Approx end 12.40pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

Sat 26 Sep 11.00am

BOLT (PG)

(2008) dirs. Byron Howard & Chris Williams 103m.
Voices of John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman, Mark Walton, Malcolm McDowell, James Lipton.

A delightful Disney animated movie about being special. Bolt is the heroic canine star of a hit TV show, a superdog with superpowers. He is completely devoted to his human co-star Penny, so when she is captured by the evil Dr. Calico in their latest television episode Bolt sets off to save her. But he fails to realise that in the ‘normal’ world, he is just a normal dog. There's help from his number-one-fan, an overweight hamster, and a streetwise alley cat, but will Bolt survive the journey and find Penny? An all-star voice cast, including John Travolta and Miley Cyrus, makes BOLT a fun film for audiences of all ages.

Approx end 12.50pm

£1.50 Children/£2.50 Accompanying Adults

PLAYCENTRE MATINEES

Tue 11 Aug 4.00pm – No Playcentre Matinee
Tue 18 Aug 4.00pm – No Playcentre Matinee
Tue 25 Aug 4.00pm – No Playcentre Matinee
Tue 1 Sep 4.00pm – No Playcentre Matinee
Tue 8 Sep 4.00pm – MEET DAVE (PG)
Tue 15 Sep 4.00pm – BEDTIME STORIES (PG)
Tue 22 Sep 4.00pm – THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX (U)
Tue 29 Sep 4.00pm – BOLT (PG)

TICKETS
£1.50 Children
£2.50 Accompanying adults

SUMMER HOLIDAY MATINEES

Fri 7 – Thur 13 Aug 1.30 daily (not Sun)
Fri 14 – Thur 20 Aug 2.00 daily (not Sun)

ICE AGE 3 – DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS (U)

(US 2009) dir. Carlos Saldanha 94m. Digital.
Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Simon Pegg, Queen Latifah. Sean William Scott.

All the gang are back, along with some new ones as the popular series enters the age of the dinosaurs! Our friends have moved on and started families, and Sid wants to join in. Trouble starts when he steals three unhatched dinosaur eggs - upsetting one very large, protective mother dinosaur in the process... excellent summer holiday fun!

TICKETS
£5 – Under 15s
£6 – Adults
£5 – Concessions
£3.50 – OAPs (weekdays)

GROUP REDUCTIONS (weekday matinees only)
£4 – 10 or more children + 1 accompanying adult free with every 10 children

Fri 21 – Thur 27 Aug 11.45am daily (not Sat Sun), 2.30 Sat only
Fri 28 Aug – Thur 3 Sep 1.00am daily (not Sun)

G-FORCE (PG)

(US 2009) dir. Hoyt Yeatman 89m. Digital.
Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Jon Favreau, Penelope Cruz, Steve Buscemi.

'G' is for guinea pig and 'The G-Force' are a team of superspy, secret agent guinea pigs intent on stopping evil billionaire Saber in his determined efforts to conquer the earth. There's seldom a dull moment in this explosive, action-packed, anamatronic adventure. Oh, and the really scary villain is not Saber, but a coffee machine!

TICKETS
£5 – Under 15s
£6 – Adults
£5 – Concessions
£3.50 – OAPs (weekdays)

GROUP REDUCTIONS (weekday matinees only)
£4 – 10 or more children + 1 accompanying adult free with every 10 children

SPECIAL EVENT

SAT 5 Sep • London International Animation Festival

Featuring an array of wonderfully unique treats from around the globe, the renowned festival returns with two very special programmes to spark the imaginations of our younger audiences.

Children's and Families’ Session 1 (0-6 year-olds) (U) 1.30

MY HAPPY END
(Germany 2007) dir. Milen Vitanov 5m.
All dogs chase their tails. Will this dog succeed in catching his tail?

MIRIAM’S COLOURS
(Estonia 2008) dirs. Jelena Girlin & Mari-Liis Bassovskaja 5m.
What do you do when your whole world suddenly turns black and white? You send out your chicken with a bucket to scrape the colours off the rainbow, that’s what.

JOYETS / RADOSKY
(Poland 2007) dir. Magdalena Osinka 9m.
A magic world created entirely from kids drawings turning into 3D pop up book pages that spring up all over the place.

THE CRUMBLEGIANT
(Ireland 2007) dir. John McCloskey 5m.
Some pure Irish magic. The gentle Crumblegiant has always helped Emily shoosh away the crows but one day he is nowhere to be found.

SUSIE ASADO: "HELLO ANTENNA"
(Germany 2008) dirs. Veronika Samartseva & Anna Samoylovich 5m.
A little girl finds herself a special spot perched on an antenna, looking down over the roof tops and sharing the sky with birds and the odd stray paper aeroplane.

THE 7 DAYS OF THE WEEK
(US 2008) dirs. Sean McBride & David Cowles 2m.
Work is a really great thing – especially if you can avoid it! And extra specially if what you really want to do is play the trumpet every day.

A GIRL WHO STEPPED ON THE BREAD
(Russia 2007) dir. Elena Lapshina 11m.
It’s a really, really good idea to watch just where you put your feet – you never know what you’ll step on!

LOST AND FOUND
(UK 2009) dir. Phil Hunt 25m.
A wondrous, epic journey that proves there’s pretty much nothing a boy and a penguin can’t do when they really, really put their mind to it.

Approximate running time: 75 mins

£5/£4 Children

Children's and Families’ Session 2 (7-14 year-olds) (PG) 3.30

THE HAPPY DUCKLING
(UK 2008) dir. Gili Dolev 9m.
An animated adventure set in a pop-up book world, following the antics of a young boy in his struggles against a stalking duck. Accompanied by an original score from composer Mick Cooke of Belle and Sebastian, this film has been scooping awards everywhere it goes.

ZOO
(UK 2009) dir. Robin Bushell 3m.
A trip to the zoo ends in colourful chaos.

SIGNALIS
(Switzerland 2008) dir. Adrian Fluckiger 5m.
Erwin is a weasel that lives and works in a traffic light. His job is to switch the right light every day.

THE EMPLOYMENT
(Argentina 2008) dir. Santiago 'Bou' Grasso 7m.
Everyone finds their place in this oddest of worlds in which people are employed in the strangest of ways for the strangest of reasons.

MUTO
(Italy 2007) dir. Blu 7m.
A life-size street animation that travels across the city, consuming, co-opting and mutating its environment as it goes.

PLYWOOD PIRATES
(Germany 2008) dir. Stefan Schomerus 17m.
A friendship between three boys and the difficulties of saying goodbye. Before Konstantin leaves the ‘Plywood Pirates’ embark upon one last big adventure.

THE REASON I COLLECT
(UK 2008) dir. Emma Curtis 3m.
A totally engaging documentary about dedicated collectors of treasure, trinkets and ephemera.

BIG PLANS
(Switzerland 2008) dir. Irmgard Walthert 4m.
Despite well developed plans, it's very hard to construct a machine which sells apples. But a great idea occurs that should solve the case…

CODSWALLOP
(UK 2008) dir. The Brothers McLeod 4m.
Somewhere in the world is a button that makes everything alright.

THE BUNJIES
(Germany 2008) dirs. Ged Haney & Andreas Hykade 3m.
The Bunjies are the biggest, loudest, greatest Rock and Roll group in the world…even though they are not yet out of Junior School. They just want to rock and smash up their instruments in front of a hundred thousand screaming fans, after they’ve finished their homework of course.

Approximate running time: 65 mins

£5/£4 Children